we are because i am: or the funny business of alter egos and multiple accounts on HubPages
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First an apology. Yes, I think I owe you one for my shameless attempt at trying to sound relevant. I am referring to the title. But too late now, I couldn't care less if you will actually read further after this confession. You clicked, one view. That's good enough for me. But if you comment, I might join your fan club.
But to my loyal fans, God bless your souls and good taste, who will decide to stay, this is apropos what we have been whispering about in the back alleys of HubPages. Yes, I will try to get my hands dirty shedding some light on the most delicious of topics that we spend alot of megabytes on - including but not limited to, questions marks (???), exclamation points (!!!) and ellipsis (as in "hmm...").
But first I must come clean. What will follow are pure observations and no booby traps were set nor spies set loose to gather evidences. Truth be told, I have no proof to even vaguely suggest that the content of this hub is veracious and factual. No signed affidavits, no photos, no nothing. Not even a copy of an email saved in Word document that I could send to you as a mail attachment if your motto in life is "to see is to believe" (which by the way is the most tired motto the world has heard, kill it already). Everything is based on pure and urgent malice and a keen eye for strange comments left in the comment box - I dare say, the croutons that led me to making this hub. Okay I will get on with it already.
In retrospect, I might have called this The Top Reasons Why a Hubber Creates More Than Just One Account but it's not me and you might think it too boring and head on back to goldentoad's The Melancholic Brew of a Nothing Blah - now that's drama and we're still at the title yet. Oh, I'm changing lanes again! Thanks for the impatient look on your face. You're probably not a fan.
you are a professional but...
You are (at least you and your mother think) a professional writer who is either maintaining a client or hoping for that one writing gig that would change you life and your pets' for the better. But the problem is, writing is not just a profession but also a calling. What dillema! So to create another venue for your other literary pursuits, say, hubs about sadomasochism and UFOs, you develop a new hubber account where you can be funny and at the same protect your reputation in the eyes of your client or prospects.
"i want to show the world my other side"
This phrase is not only a staple in American Idol but also here in HubPages. Only here we don't actually say it but instead wrestle with the thought everytime we log in. Although you have no "reputation" to protect, the thing is that you are bored silly by all your hubs on Obama and Jesus Christ. And you worry that your fans, who were initially drawn by your radical views on politics and religion, might feel a little disappointment if you make a left turn. So another account is in order you decide. An outlet for the devil in you. Or the child in the soldier (**rolls eyes**). Not necessarily the real you but who knows?
hubbers just want to have fun
Whatever your idea of fun is, you think you just can't go at it knowing you have made friends with other hubbers who more or less know that you're married or is actually a male. So you create another account using a hubber name that you think will never be associated with you. Like say you are Cris A and you pick a name like hmmm Pest. Cris A will be the wholesome you, while Pest will be... oh I'm sure you get the drift. And for good measure, you make sure that the "other you" is from the other side of the globe or speak bad English. And don't forget though that your Cris A uses :D while your Pest uses :) Worry about the timezones later.
it's all about the money
You have made it clear in your first hub or in your profile page that you are not in it for the money. Writing is your passion and you have made gazillions of fans and have reaped tons of praises and acclaims in your comment boxes because of it. But you need the money and are always reminded of this fact whenever somebody posts in the forums that they got their nth Adsence check! Or you might not need the money but surely the envy drives you crazy. Besides, an extra buck is like a cherry on your banana split. So a new you is born that hubs about boring stuff (you can't force me to say! And I didn't say picture hubs, you thought it!) that attract more clicks mostly from "the outside world".
harbinger of bad news
The bad news may range from the very juvenile "I hate you" to the very serious "you missed a comma" but you just can't say it in the comment box because you are chums with the intended recipient for crying out loud! Good thing you are one bright hubber and after considering your options, you decide on the most obvious solution. Hence,
IAMWATCHINGYOURBACK2009 is delivered to Hubdom with the mission to remind, protect and police his(your) "friends". Of course you are convinced that it's in their best interest as has always been the case.
you are your best fan
You only need one more fan to get an effing medal! So you create not just one but two "other you's" and "fan" yourself. And why two? "100 fans" sounds suspiciously exact while "101 fans" looks random, almost everyday. Moreover, these two "fans" could also comment on your most ignored hub and let it fly. Besides, although an "exchange" with one fan would make for a conversation alright and would indeed put you in hubtivity but but BUT a three-way exchange of opinions would spell a BUZZ! No more lonely nights for your hub and a superstar hubber is born! But you may want to practice touch typing and improve on your role-playing skills.Honestly, I would give you this foolproof advice myself if you asked for one..
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You're now probably wondering how I have come up with these observations and/or you may even be entertaining the idea that I should have other me's to know all these. To that I say, "we are because I am." Ha! The title is not so irrelevant afterall.
If I missed out on some other motivations why some hubbers play god and create another hubber, please include them in your comment below. But you may want to do that thru an unregistered account just be very careful with the name you use though.
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i'll take that as a compliment! my hubs do render some speechlees! LOL
Ha ha Cris - how like you to take this on and do it with such elan. I smile to myself very often when I see an old hub 'bumped up' onto the Hubtivity Highway for all to see by a new hubber who has no hubs and who only comments on one person's hubs! Or of course the number of unregistered ones that make their appearance only on certain hubs :D
Of course when you know someone's doing it for fun and makes sure everyone else knows too, that's very often just sheer entertainment.
I was intrigued by the title and knowing you, I knew you would lead it to its logical conclusion - your hubs really do enthrall Cris - and sooo stylishly too :)
Very interesting Cris, so are you saying half my fans, your fans are probably duplicates and we are probably truly only have maybe a hundred fans if you deduct mad fanners that will never read anyone's work. I am saddened and feel my ego deflating.
Shalini
I tried hard not to be too upfront about this whole thing, and I think I've learned the tricks of the trade as far as hubbing and hubbers go. Glad this made you smile. Thanks for dropping by :D
Btw, the points you raised are kind of interesting. Hmm...
toady
honestly i don't care, as long as the numbers make my profile page look good. oh don't be saddened, as long as you know whose comments count :D
No comment.
I can make your comment for you and speak your mind but they might think you are an extension of me or vice versa. :D
Quit making me THINK! It hurts!...... :)
I love ya man!
Alright stop thinking, I'll email you THE list! LOL
Lova ya back :D
Cris. Is it really true that Pest is your alter ego?
MM
Stranger things happen! LOL I will let Pest comment on the matter. Or toady. :D
**Excuse me while I channel
I'm paranoid and can't comment.
Paranoid? Schizophrenic? Whichever way we love you GT - even when you comment that you can't comment :D
Oh Chris, I didn't realize that Avatar pic was used multiple times, how funny... I only have one account, should I have two???LolLolOL .
GT: No comment???? I am beside myself on that one . O.K. I will comment for you. To everyone , you see Cris A. is actually GT , GT is actually Pest, Pest is actually Shalini and of course I am only me. Can someone create multiple me's too??? Lol I love all of you guys!!!!!Did I say that word???/ Lol:)
I'm scared now Cris. you've found me out.
Ahhhhhhh! Who's who????????? I'm feeling a bit Crazy. Okay Okay Okay! I'm SoulaBee! But I didn't think I'd be so popular and that my hub would be so good. Damnit! I forgot what it was like to be a hubber for the first time, and my friend Cindy L kept asking me questions. So I did research by starting a new hub account, not thinking I would get to page two of hot hubs in a day. In the mean time it was hysterical being funny frieda (me) and this totally serious soulabee who takes things so literally. (I got that name from a story I'm working on. She's the main character. OMG! But just so you know, don't have adsense or google subscribed to my SoulaBee, and don't know that I ever will.
So you else are you?!!!! I AM SO FRICKIN CONFUSED. I'VE HAD A LONG DAY AND I JUST WANT AN ANSWER.
Well, if AEvans is correct, you're super brilliant because all of you are cosmically awesome.
And C.C. Who else are you?
By the way, I'm trying to pick out a new Avatar, so excuse the frequent changes before it goes back to my brilliant first one.
No comment
Somebody E-MAIL ME! Is the number of masks at the top a sign?
Gt: Sorry I had to tell ....heheheheh, if they only knew...LOL
You'll probably have to go to sleep, or try to sleep on this one Frieda.
Oh my, Oh my!!!!:)
LOL I am sooo confused....I'm blonde and sticking to my story
Enelle, That is the best thing to do!!!Keeps you out of trouble. :)
Why is Toad the only one answering these. Where's Cris? I demand to speak to Cris! Cris A I'm hunting you down on Facebook now!
no comment
Oh Dear, GT where is Cris??? Uhhhhhuhhh I see Lol:)
Arg! You're no toad. You're nightmare man! Hmmm. You don't have a facebook account because you're Cris. Am I right?
GT: You are in deeeeeeeeeppppppppp caa, caa!!!!! LOL :)
I plead the fifth.
Poo poo poo poo to you. I'm going to bed. And tomorrow, I'm going Jahovas Witness on your a**. You heard me.
hug good nite. its about time for me to go to sleep too, then Cris might come back on.
GT: Good nite I have to get up early ((((Big Hugs))))) see you tomorrow after work, well we hope...:):):
I've decided that I think Cris A is bipolar :/
Direxmd: You are sillly..................mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Cris A BP ??? He could be Blonde Poet LOLLL:)
ha, well I have OCD, so it's not impossible.
For the record, I'm not Pest nor goldentoad!!!!! I think :D
denial only makes it look like there is something to be hidden
I still think Cris A is bipolar :D
When we going to Quezon City, goofball? :)
coming from someone who won't comment... i'm all ears!
Mike
The last I checked you're in Chico, CA. Or are you really in QC? :D
i'm currently dominating three gorgeous phillipino chicas in QC... WHERE YOU AT? :)
Frieda/Soula
I did not mean to confuse. And I do not do Facebook. Must be my doppelganger hubber.
AE
If a = b and b = c, then a is...
Mike
near enough. just a ride away. dominating? well now.... :D
I have sex with hookers, cris a.
Well, when I created my alter ego, I chose the name Cris A beca...whoops...DAMN! I gave it away!
Mike - Good for you!
Chris
That's why I don't mind if they spell my name without the H. I mean, what's the diff right? :D
And Freida...geez...you're so weak. What? You lasted 3 days, and then you spilled like wussy with a bright light in his face. Geez!
Freida just doesn't want to confuse us :D
Can someone volunteer to sort out the bipolars from the Schizophrenics and the MPD's and do a list. I have a headache!
friendship over
LOL@jewels - don't take this seriously, it's just a hub :D
Mike - now why is that?
because i'm in Quezon City and all you have to say is "good for you!"
LOL Mike what I meant was it seems you're having a good time and that's, well, good! Where exactly in QC are you at?
Hi Cris,
You have left me so confused. (Well, someone has said that already, but I swear I am someone else). Is there a list? Hmm.
I felt my ears burning when I read the fourth point, because I once toyed with that idea myself. I hope you remember!
Btw, is that a shot of your adsense account? From which ID?
Hey Sidd
Yes I remember, in the Forums, right? There is no list, I'm just messing with Tom. I hope it is my adsense account but it's not. :D
Thought provoking.... maybe I should go get a few more personalities. According to the husband, the two I currently entertain isn't nearly enough.
And where the hell is QC?
Tom?! I spilled my guts because of Tom?! Who the heck is Tom?!
I know, Christoph, I know.
Amy
That's a wise thing to do, letting the hubby know , i mean in case you forget :D Mike is apparently here in the Philippines. QC is Quezon City :D
Frieda
yeah who's Tom? Cornett? :D
OKAY I LIED, I'm not having sex with hookers in QC... I'm still in Chico... I LIED... when you coming over here?
What the ef was that?! LOL I have no idea, if I get invited by my cousins again. probably. But it looks like Japan is more likely in December. :D
Oh, sorry. All I could think about was the MySpace Tom.
"Don't publish when you're tired, Frieda!" "I know I know. I can't help it. When I'm tired I can't think." "Well, you'd better think about something and go to sleep." "Fine...I said FINE! I"M GOING! ...Goodnight!" "Goodnight."
Scorecards will go on sale in the lobby in 5 minutes. BYOC - bring your own crayons. I mean bring a box of crayons for each of yourselves so there'll be no fighting over who gets the red.
OK - head hurts - confusion does that - off to bed now. Nite all - however many there are!
LOL @ Jama you do sound you need some sleep. Thanls for exerting what's left in you to post a comment. Sweet dreams. :D
I had no idea that there were so many hubbers who are not who they are appear to be - now this is all so confusing - if frieda is soula and you are not who you say you are then who am I? now that bit is ok - I know who I am ..a sweet little dog...I will have to keep reading obviously...cheers crisA - and thanks for the hubbing disorientation and obscuration....lol cheers
Cris, my man!!! Or are you a woman in disguise?!?! Shesh, that was a marveously entertaining read AND the comments killed me! Mama mia! How come I'm the only idiot that doesn't have another account then? I must go create one!!! I'll call myself something sexy, gotta think about this important decision. Gonna take a shower and BRB with some suggestions! Laugh!
not who they appear to be? meh, I give.
I'm shocked - shocked, I tell you - to think that people may not be who they say they are!! :)
I'm dumb enough to write everything as my "one self" - so if I become your fan there won't be an imaginary crowd of other fans joining your club. I'm not creative enough to come up with imaginary-friend, other selves. Although I like to remain mysterious enough to hide behind my Earth profile image. There is, however, a hidden message in my Earth image, that only people close to me would know about. (It's kind of my "Leonard DaVinci" thing.)
We can have more than one hub ? ...... ! ... ... ? ..... didn't know that ...... hmmmmmmmmmm ........ But it is a bit weird to think that the same person may be a commentator/fan more than once ....... I think I'll stick with one Hub account ... whoever you are I'll just love all of you at once.
Now THERE'S a Hub.
There was a movie called "the three faces of eve" and I can't find any hubbers called Schizophrenic or Bipolar (yet that is).
No wonder I can't keep up, what with time zones and hubbers talking to themselves and making each other fans of themselves and writing goody two shoes stuff and other great but gritty stuff. I give up and will continue to be myself. What has happened to Shades and Sprite (she has returned fleetingly, commenting on some hubs). But maybe they just aren't themselves lately.
ajcor
I did not say i'm also somebody else. And what's more important than that is that you are a sweet little dog. Hope this hub didn't make you pop a painkiller :D
Elena
I can be anything you want. LOL But I think I'm missing the Sunday-special avatar. Or are you really a hmmm body of water? :D
Lisa
And I say carry on with being true to your "one self". But I must admit you got me curious about the Da Vinci thing :D
Iphigenia
Yes, we can have as many HP accounts as we like. And thanks for loving me unconditionally! :D
sixty
I say you're just in time, this time! LOL I haven't seen that movie but Sybil has 13 personalities! And I say stick with what suits you best.
Thanks all for dropping by. As I said above, these are just suppositions and what ifs. :D
Cris, I am a body of ... something, that's for sure! Laugh! So what now? Must I do a Monday special avatar? And then a Tuesday, and afterwards obviously a Wednesday and so on? Kids these days, you give 'em a finger and they take the whole arm! Hrmph!
And if you'll be anything I want, please give me a sexy belly dancer :-)
LOL it's up to you, no pressure. As for the belly dance, I freeze everytime I hear music! So is there some other way that I can be sexy? I can strike a rugged look ala-Pest! :D
I have been suspecting that beside one or two Hubbers I was the only one with just a Hubpages account... oh wait, I remember... Me too, I have double personality and I must have more accounts, even though I can´t remember right now. Hummmm... after reading this hub I believe I´m also Chris A... yes now I´m sure, I remember writing it down but I still don´t remember writing the comments above... LOL
Wow! I feel so clueless. Stupid even! I've always felt good in my ability to figure people out, but you have some kind of skill or power that dumbfounds me. Curiosity is KILLING me! You know that too! So I expect a FULL report on my desk @ 2100 hours!
Cris, your intro prior to introducing the alters alone had me in stitches. Yes, I know you're funny, but you pulled some MAJOR funny out that I didn't know you had! It was hysterical! Of course the whole hub is funny, but I enjoyed that the most. :D
Now I have to bookmark this page and start reading over all your clues again in case you don't have a report on my desk at 2100 hours or whatever I said before. ;) Come to think of it, since i don't understand military time, let's just say 5 PM today...EST, and don't give me an excuse about sleep, we all know you don't sleep! :D
Great job!!
haha Pam - you're right - he never seems to need to sleep! Wait - can it be - do you think he's tryng to put us off the scent - do you think it's not a case of bipolar, tripolar or multipolar but more a case of three people who make up this hubber? You know, taking off from sixtyorso, The Three Crazies Called Cris A?
funride
I think yours is not a personality complex but an extreme case of forgetfulness! LOL Thanks for dropping by :D
Pam
Now you know what curiosity did to the cat! Good thing you're now actually a person! LOL
Glad this hub did not confuse you to the point of vertigo and physical pain (see comments above). I meant this to be funny so nobody would take it seriously but I was wrong, somebody even actually made a confession about her other self (again, see comments above).
As for the report, I'll have to hear first from my minions, whose reports I will collate and then turn over to you. We have to have a system for this has turned out to be a serious matter! LOL
Thanks for the kind words again, Pam? :D
Shalini,
We work in three 8-hour shifts. That's me, myself and I :D
I've made no secret of my alter ego, here. I started it as a joke, but the joke was on me. That damned jackalope is WAY more popular than I am!
Oh I think you did a good job in with the humor and you did it tastefully too.
YES I saw Frieda's confession! "Frieeeeeeda!" (screaming like Stanley in Streetcar Named Desire, which Christoph reminded me about not long ago) :D
Perhaps others will confess! It looks like goldentoad is about ready to crack like an egg with all of those "no comment" comments. ;) lol!
Alright then! Speak with your minions, then have your minions contact my minions and we'll settle this!! ;) Wait, I don't have minions. Can I borrow a few? :D
rmr
You can forgo the popularity of this alter ego of yours for after all you still get all the the credit at the end of the day :D
I also get his adsense checks! Not that there have been any yet, but someday...
Pam
LOL about Frieda, I think she let Christoph down wihen she wilted under tremendous amount of confusion!
You mean Pest and toady? they are my minions but I have yet to tell them. :D
rmr
ahh yes the adsense checks! But better check, the jackalope is a wily one ;d
Some of me applaud this whilst others of me are outraged
Well. Hysterically funny hub -- and the comments, too. You're all totally cracked, ya know that? I always suspected Pest was really BlondePoet, now that I think about it.
LOL @ rmr! :D
Cris! I just realized that I am one of your minions TOO! I nearly forgot! You'd better consult with me before giving me a full report. I may overrule my own request. ;)
I'm back for a multiple personality fix! Laugh! This is Ms Blue talking to you kiddos. the other strip tease artiste is hidden away for the week. Back next Sunday, though, maybe in a different stage of the whole strip show! YAHOOOO!
This was a fun read Cris/Pest - ;-) I know of two hubbers who have alter-egos; B.T. Evilpants and C.A. Hubberpants, but they basicly announced it and had fun with it. I don't know of any SECRET AEs ... Wait! Aevans! It's in the name!!!
Nah!!!
PS: Like the new pic.
Florida K
And what did the rest of you do? :D
Teresa
Pest and Blondepoet now that's an intriguing thought. I shall investigate! LOL :D
Pam
Overrule indeed! LOL
Elena
Now I'm looking forward to Sunday! We'll have a show! :D
Constant
Yes, I think you hit a wall there, ie with AEvans. Besides she just confessed (see comments above) that there's only one of her :D
About the pic, I'll do a full monty if I get a hubscore of 100! LOL
Cris, I enjoyed your hub and all the funny comments!
I read this last night and was too tired and confused to respond. I tried, but all that came out was sputters and splats. I just don't know how someone could find the time to be more than one! I guess I'll have to be content with being me.
Here's to your hubscore of 100! :D
Frieda, Souls I am also Mark Knowles, hehe
Hi everybody.
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Bye, everybody.
France
Glad you did. Thanks for dropping by :D
k@ari
if there's a need, there's a way! LOL
C.!
Whatever you say may and will be used against you. so reconsider :D
Hey Benson
I take it you don't know which to say hi to? :D
Actually Cris, for me the most outdated, nauseatingly overused phrase online today is, "Who Else Wants....". Ahhhhhh, I am so sick of seeing that, I could puke!
Love your new pic!
Gotta run and create a new account now because I'm feeling very monotone, one dimensional and left out. If all the other kids are doing it, I wanna do it, too.
Shirley
LOL I promise I won't use that phrase!
And I yours. Thanks :D
Yes, hop on the bandwagon, but please tell me who you will be, okay? Or at least give me a hint :D Thanks for dropping :D
Thanks, Cris. I appreciate that.
I'm going to have to think about it. Must be sexy not slutty; a brilliant writer but not enough so to show me up. I dunno, when I get a flash of brilliance, I'll let you know.
Meantime, all suggestions welcome.
OKay, my suggestions will come with free avatar and hubbername :D
GT's comment just cracked me up: "I'm paranoid and can't comment." Good one!
Damn, I wish I'd said that!!!
Constant
Paraphrase it and it won't be considered a direct lift as in "i can't comment i'm paranoid" :D
If I wasn't so paranoid, I'd comment.
Free avatar and name, great, thx! No thinking or brilliance required on my part.
Haha, awesome. I didn't know that people created alter-egos. I thought that was what the IP address function was for, so it could kick people if the comments had the same IP address as the host hubber. Now I get to take all your fine observations and create at least 5 solid new friends for myself. Thanks man, for the great hub.
Shirley
But there's catch. When the new you emerge, you have to fan me and leave glowing comments everytime! LOL :D
Benji
Why only go for five when you can go for a hundred (**whispers** comes with a medal, too!). And if and when you do, fan me, okay? Thanks for dropping by cool guy :D
Your funny Cris A, is A and no alter ego, but maybe I need to get one too!!!! Seems like it is a lot more fun with split or multiple personalities....LOLOL I will have to check that out.....gotta get back to work ...:):):)
Okay go back to work! And thanks for sneaking in to post :D
I hope your Monday is not manic :D (can you hear Susanna Hoffs?)
Oh please don't let Pest be Blondepoet. If that is true, I will be disgraced and shamed and must leave HubPages forever.
I don't want to know anymore. So, yes, do send your full report to Pam Roberson. That way, I'll be sure never to get it and find out anymore illicit information.
Chris
LOL I think I know why you should leave HP if and when it turns out that Pest is indeed BP or vice versa. But take heart in the fact that you can resurface a well informed hubber, albeit under a different name. LOL
If you're sure you don't want to know anymore and would rather be in the blind, I guess, well, you'll have it your way :D
Like your new avatar Cris. This hub and comments have my head spinning. Who's who and what gender and what side of the planet... I'm gonna read again and take notes this time!
Aw, Cris! Fanning you is never a prob! As far as glowing comments, deal! Somehow, I don't think I'll be very anonymous.
Patricia
I think i did well in choosing my avatar, as many hubbers have said they like it. Thanks for liking it too. Go ahead, and take notes. It would be useful for hmmm future reference LOL :D
Shirley
Now that you mentioned it, I think you're right. Your real personality will always come to fore, and yours is quite special so it would be easy to tell if you're lurking behind another hubber name :D
Aw, man! You mean I can't hide behind Halle Barry's face and get away with it?
Well it's good to know that there are other hubbers who have more than one account.
Shirley
LOL now that would be something and I must say it's worth the try. Let'sl see how it works out. But you got to pull out the actress in you to pull it off though. Think like Catwoman or something :D
Btw, I think I need to update my tribute hub as I used your old avatar there (and Pam's too).
Lolo
yes, whatever works for them, works for them. thanks for dropping by :D
Hmmm, considering I'm kind of shy, I may need some practise for that one. Perhaps I should stick with Phyllis Diller or Barney Rubble.
Aw, your selling yourself way too short. Honestly Michelle Pfeiffer is more up your alley, if you ask me :D
There are other reasons to create an alter ego hubber for some people.
You might know other people on here and really don't want them to know who you are.
Or along the same lines, you don't want certain people to know what you write about so you create an account to freely express yourself in your writing or in your life.
Cali
Those are good points. Yeah, come to think of it you're right. There are people who are not comfortable knowing that their friends are also around. Thanks for sharing your opinions. They're very much appreciated :D
Oh, Michelle Pfeiffer, I forgot about her. Yeah, her or Meg Ryan.
Do you suppose Shirley ... MacLaine would be too obvious for you, Shirley? Moi je ne sais pas :-)
Hi Cris.
I enjoyed reading your hub. I found it funny and I laughed throughout while reading it. I found it to be absolutely entertaining and an eye-opener as well. Also, your title was very clever! I look forward to reading more stuff by you.
tntguru (aka hubby7)
Cris are you still watching?
Did anyone think that "sign in as a different user" link was just for show?
Don't do Meg Ryan Shirley! Have you seen her lately? S-C-A-R-E-Y! And she used to be so pretty. Love your Hubs Pest, er...Toad, umm...Chris.
Always get a good laugh!
Cris, are you lookin' at me?
if you popped a pain killer as you were laughing you could choke.. Cris you seem to have opened a can of worms - so we can look forward to many new fronts blowing into hp ....particularly next Sunday(?) when a body of water turns into???...cheers
I'm confused. Am I still me?
Gwendymom! I don't care who you are -- it's just damned good to see someone familiar! Where ya been?
I made a valiant attempt to follow the comments on this one. In the end I came up as confused as at the beginning. All I can say now is, "koo koo katchoo!"
Cris do people really do that? I don't think they really do that.
Shirley & Elena
I haven't seen Meg Ryan of late so.... :D
hubby7
I hope I didn't give ideas. But if I did, all the better! Thanks for dropping by ;D
toady
I will LOOK for your when I need a taxi, Travis! :D
Darlene
Good point about the "sign in" link! Thanks from all of us :D
ajcor
yeah right, an icebag would have done the trick. Yeah looking forward to Sunday already :D
gwendymom & MM
Nice to note that you bumped into each other here. :D
Randy
I'm not so sure anymore :D
MM, I'm not sure where I have been. Seems like time has gotten away from me. This whole spring forward thing has messed me up. I have more daylight but I seem to be missing an hour or two somewhere.
Randy Behaviour - you should be smacked!...lol ...of course..cheers
Yes, you could meet up with friends here and their alteregos. So bring yours too, if you have. Let's make a party out of this one :D
Laughed so hard reading this hub Cris, also ended up with no idea who is who any more. One thing I do know though is that I only have one profile and no alter ego's.
that's what everyone who is guilty says too
I'll only create another account if my real cover is blown. I'm sure we all have thought about this idea one way or another.
misty
Okay Cindy, i hear you. But I heard otherwise! LOL Naw, I'm just joshing :D
may
I'm sure i have :D
Great HUB Cris...Especially since I am named...you can't go wrong there! My avatar is an alter ego, but I cam clean on my good looks in a hub all it's own. You can see nby the volume of comments that an alter ego is necessary in the world of beautiful people.
Pest
Hey you! Yeah, I hope you don't mind my name dropping, it's for commercial purposes. Your name spells clicks and views so I really had to. And I know that your avatar is just a ploy or a distraction. But now that your talent is well known, i think it's time to bedazzle us with your true heavenly beauty. :D
I feel guilty for lazing and enjoying the hubs...your Hub here is VERY close to one that I have...shit I can't say..I will spill my guts at facebook...maybe! Speaking of alter egos and egos at the alter...where is Dork??? We bruised him, i am afraid.
Or you can send me an email! What's between friends? Yeah where is Dork? Maybe creating ALTERED egos if the one he has isn't yet! :D
Oh my!!! You have made Tweety mad...I twat I saw a putty Tat?????:)
o .... o.... o wow is all I can say. I gotta admit, I've thought about opening another account, and being more professional and all that good shit, but for now I'm happy just being my usual open bipolar opinionated OCD self. This sounds weird, but my personality here on hubpages is actually more like my real personality than anywhere else on the net...I'm not sure why. I had heard about hubbers really being other hubbers and having alter egos and such but I guess I suspended disbelief for a moment for the sake of child-like innocence....in any case, wonderful read, way to burst my bubble.
Mike - make up your damned mind, where the hell are you and what are you doing? And why was I not invited for wild hot sex with hot hookers?
Hey RB
Glad that I have burst your bubble with a little malice! ;D
Don't mind Mike, he took me for a ride yesterday
Hey Cris....my peckersizer hub got the old axe. I wrote a euligy hub for it called,"Jesus, Puppies and Hardpore Cornography" :)
It did?! LOL Sorry it made me laugh! Good thing you're wiser than to wallow in misert - okay will check out the new hub! sounds fun! :D
took you for a ride eh? once again, you boys get to have all the fun, such a pity!
i'll holler when he comes over, apparently he's not done having fun yet! :D
Hubber Hell has been created. Who the hell is who. Like CR I would be a bit startled if Blondepoet turned out to be Pest! But It would not get to leave hubpages or create an alter ego. In future when hubbers go AWOL we should ask "Who are you?" rather than "where are you?"
LOL you're right sixty, that seems to be the more appropriate question!
Not guilty :)
You are not accused of anything! LOL hmmm maybe you are being defensive :D
Cris, this is truly fascinating, watching my fellow hubbers writhe in conjecture and second guessing. Keep up the good work!
Hi Tom! Don't you have a confession to make? LOL Thanks for dropping by :D
haha you got me laughing silly now. you just said out loud why i can't (darn darn) create a hub yet. one hub is just not enough to vent out all the pent-up blah blahs inside so i plan to create another one (probably with an avatar just like the lady crawling on the table). And then wait, i have another personality screaming to be recognized--so that's three??? imagine all the possibilities! in the end, i park my mouse, push aside my keyboard and decide to wait. (perhaps, for that one fine day/night, when i am too cracked up i have to write to keep my sanity)
Sure, go ahead laugh silly now. Wait till you're quiet again and the rest of you will want to come out! Trust me, I know what I say!
Nice to hear from you and I'm glad I made your day a little better. Thanks for dropping by :D
You know I've been wondering about TOF and Blondepoet. She made an appearance about the time he went AWOL. Wouldn't that be a hoot?
@CC That would be too ghastly to contemplate!
It would wouldn't it? ha ha it may be true too. ha ha he won't answer his phone
C.
My, the things you imagine! But then again.... LOL
Hey Cris how u doin'?
sixty
you have the option to NOT contemplate. ;d
C.
I'm okay. Why do you ask? :D
Just askin, ya got a problem wi' that?
I loves youxxx
And I you. But let's not dwell into that or everything will sound gooey and hmmm gay LOL
mebbe I am gay. mebbe I'm not who I say I am. Mebbe I'm dork in my other persona? hmmmm?
Yeah right! If only I didn't know any better I'd give it a thought. Ha!
Btw, I was reading the comments in the "last post" and Im having a good time! And Chi Chi's there, too! :D
Yeah. I saw that. ha ha
Thanks for dropping by. It's always a pleasure when you come by and see about me :D
A revealing Hub. Did it 'expose' anyone here? I give props to those who can maintain more than one Hub at a time. I do not have the energy, honestly, to even create an alter ego. I would probably get mad at my alter ego. Begin to have fights and war against it and I am almost certain it would attempt to take over my life and do what ever it wanted to do, making me do things, bad things against my will and in some sick, twisted way, begin to like it and, and... -gasp- :o I scared myself! Great hub, Chris, as always.
Egad am i dead yet. you just scared the hell out of me! am I one of yer fans? damn man
AIDY
LOL you scared the sh*t out of me, too. That should derail me from making more awesome "me's"! Besides, I can't seem to get a grip on myself as it is, what more if there is more than one me? Thanks for dropping. Your presence is like a rain in summer, which we had last night btw. Now isn't that poetic or what?
@ Chris A; coming from you, magic.
@ C. C.: Boo! Lol
You always say that! That's what I like about you! you're good for my ego :D LOL
WOW!! First of all that title is so appropriate and also you did lead the readers to the logical conclusion. So can I end saying "YOU are the reason WE are at hubpages" :D
Thanks CW. You are too kind but we all make hubpages, not just me. :D
where the heck am I now??? who can I turn into? Man I never thought about anyone doing this...I am shaddered and confused more then I was to begin with...oh well was a great read and loved the pics you chose...you sure got your share of comments sweetie...Don't ever leave us...G-Ma :O) Hugs and more Hugs
that is weird but good. I would have never thought that there are some on here with more than one hub account. I can barely handle the one I have. Well I am SOLO on mine.....Interesting very Interesting!! =)
G-Ma
Oh no! Don't take this seriously G-Ma okay? Be unshattered and unconfused! LOL thanks for dropping by! hugs back :D
Hey JJ (that actually rhymes)
Yeah weird and true (I think LOL) Thanks for dropping by :D
Hmmm...how Appalling the near thought of it. You see I am so trusting...cluck cluck..so very trusting. To think not everyone wears their heart on their sleeve around here possibly? Well, I will continue to set the standard of soul bearing with my hubs on how to make scrabook recipe organizers and so forth...hmpff!
Yes, go and uphold what you do best! And trust no one but yourself!
LOL thanks for dropping by ;D
Omg give me that Adsense figure lol. Now Cris you seem to know a bit about creating other usernames, mmm, how many others are you exactly. Place your right hand on the bible and confess your deepest secrets
BP
Honestly, there's three. There's me, myself and I :D
I just want to know how you get 800 million fans. I mean you are a great writer and all, but what, do you make all your friends on facebook accept you as a friend on hubpages and then have your alter ego do the same and then you have a bizillion fans?
I am kinda new to this whole thing and am realizing my dream of getting "found" on hubpages is slowly drifting away.
I have made a whole $0.10 off of adsense though!
hahaha
I see this hub is at 94. Still shooting for 100? This hub is just as funny as the first time I read it, and reading the comments are very amusing. I keep stopping back to read again!
Sarah
I didn't know I have 800M fans! It looks more like 300 to me! Hang on, you will be found :D
k@ari
That's just wisful thinking. Thanks for dropping by again and again and... :D
I thought about creating another profile but I'm too lazy.
Cris A - Could you be me for awhile? I'm sick of being me.
you mean be god?! sure! when? now?
1/4 of your face and a half crazy damn right interesting hub. You got me hooked. I'd appreciate it more if you went name dropping.hehehe. that would be fun and they'd get mad and deny it to the face of this hub and post unfriendly comments to you. Now, your badge of the most friendly/nice hubber is taken away from you, however, you'd score 100 coz they're so pissed off they'll haunt this hub.
LOL I see the logic in that. But I will think about it. Altough if you read the comments above, I don't need to uncover alter egos! Thanks for dropping by. Now catch up with the rest of your cult's hubs :D
Ok, so now I read the comments and I didn't get any answer who the h they are. So now, I'm confused...am I myself or it is just another HP account? I didn't think it was possible with adsense. Now, you gave me an idea. Uhmm...I'm thinking of another profile name...my puppy's name would be nice and no one would know that it's gigli. :)
Do as you please. Besides you're rich (or getting there, at least) so adsense be damned, right? LOL
Cris, you back and watch Sheena's videos and be disgusted like I was or you'll get spanked. ha ha I'll get all of our Facebook friends to do it, you know I can too.
So you want me to feel disgusted, too? Some friend you are C.! Thanks but no! :D
Smiling....enjoyed reading it.....:)
Thanks for dropping a line. Btw, your name sounds familiar :D
Sarah love has already made more on adsense than I have in year and numerous hubs later. I dont want to know what we are doing right!
I don't worry about it myself. I'm looking forward to pleasant surprise in 10 years! LOL :D
I just did the math. If I have 50 different identities with 60 hubs each, by the year 2223 I will have enough money from adsense to buy a meat pie with sauce!(An Australian delicacy.)
Really?! That's good news for I am on my 59th identity! just one more! :D
Jeez, it's hard to find the time just to keep up with one hub account! Don't the hubbers suffering from bipolar schizophrenic multi-hub syndrome have a life or a job?
LOL yes, they have a life and a job and they call both hubbing! :D
interesting and abstract...nuff said
LOL indeed that would suffice! thanks for dropping a line :D
Hmm there is an an interesting hub on bipolar!!! Is that (akeejaho) you too Chris???
Yeah, we're going to rename Chris A's hub, Bipolar schizophrenic multi-hub syndrome disorder.
sixty
have you been following me? I have a feeling that you are. As for your question, no comment :D
cindyvine
Now that's a nice hubber name! Hmmm... ;D
Yeah, just hopped across the ditch from China to the Philippines...careful, I may be a stalker
LOL Thanks for the warning, I MUST be careful with my hubbing ways then! :D
Hi Chris not too much happenning must own up to following!
Good point. But keep your eyes peeled **wink** :D
am a bit gutted I'll be leaving Asia without having stopped off at the Philippines. Oh well, will have to return one day.
That's too bad! But well, hope springs eternal. And you must make a visit. :D
Was looking at going last December when my Thailand plans got cancelled because of the hoo hah there...in retrospect, should have gone
oh well, there will be a next time. but make sure you make that visit around this time, summertime, or around the holiday season. you might want to avoid the rainy/wet season :D
Am moving to Tanzania in July, so will be quite expensive from there I guess. Will have to hop over to Zanzibar instead. Maybe I'll have to start another hub account Cindymonic. Random thought, if a man gets his tongue around different languages and easily learns them, does that make him a cunning linguist?
LOL Cndymonic sounds good but now you can't use it because I'd know it's you!
(Another) LOL maybe you should hub about your random thoughts, there's no telling what you'll come up with offhand but i'm pretty sure dull's not gonna be the word :D (hmm i sense somebody's thinking seriously about this LOL)
Yeah, yeah, YEAH! A hub about my random thoughts could be a winner. You've given me an idea. Will have to set up another hub account to do it though, now that you've given me all the info I need to set it up. Mmmmm, maybe my new name could be Silly Stalker. God, it must be late. I'm talking absolute crap lol
Not crap at all I say but a winner hub in the making. the best of luck to your "new" hub" and kill me with your new hubber name whatever it is gonna be! :D
I think it is disgraceful to pose as one hubber when you are actually another one. Just my two doubloons worth.
I am I said N Diamond How about to become a fan of mine. You promise REMEMBER LOL
Captain
It doesn't sound all blarney to me so I'd believe and concur. Thanks for stopping by this port :D
I don't believe it. u sure r 1 popular dude Cris
oscar
And i'll make good on my promise - promise! :D
katy
it must be the avatar katy! LOL thanks for dropping by :D
Oh well from how to say no to cunning linguist. I think Cindyvine speaks with forked stalking tongue? LOL
A forked tongue that stalks? Now I'm scared! As it could go both ways at the same time! :D
Me no stalking with forking tongue
(sigh) that's a lief. now i'll cast my suspicious eye on another hubber LOL ;D
I often wonder who is really who out there. How many Hubbers I am a fan of under one name, and not of another. It would be interesting to find out.
Yeah I agree. But there are times that i'd rather now know. keep the mystery and everybody guessing ;D
Hi, Cris, I swear I am one. Up till now....Hm... who knows, maybe I willl double one day and under the cover of another name and avatar will start to put hot sexy pics of half-dressed guys...just to increase the number of (hopefully female) readers even more quickly then now...Hm... I will think about it, ha, ha, ha.
Thanks for this Hub, it is really funny and made me wonder who is who...but who cares. As long as we all like each other - this masquerade is more then OK.
Thumbs up.
I believe you and you are perfect as you are. But don't go closing doors, who knows when the need to "clone" yourself will come up?
yeah who cares as long as we are having fun!
Thanks for dropping by, Tatjana :D
gosh how could i have missed something as simple as a mr hyde to my dr jeckyl hehehe maybe ill get more fans in my other profile, if i succeed in making it interesting enough (which i wont of course!). writing is really my passion if only i could write more but the day job is too taxing not that im complaining mind you, i need it to keep reading your blogs and the others i like. love this one of course but you know i would...
hey there stranger! glad you can spare my hub some time. if you're busy with the day job, you can hand over some of your other profiles to me for manning. and for a fee, of course! LOL thanks for making the time. :D
Chris you make me laugh. I enjoyed the hub, and the comments. I see poetry in your blood.
Thanks Whikat, glad you enjoyed this. Yes, I try to be funny and apparently you're proof that I succeeded this time somehow! :D
HI-larious
glad you liked it. thanks for dropping a line :D
I lead a simple life *sigh* with no designs to feign another. In fact, the whole idea of putting another aspect of myself out here that I'd have to promote, relate to, and protect gives me a BIG headache. But I gotta tell you, I've been wondering about a few things, and you just gifted me with clarity.
What about those anonymous commenters? Oh, I get them from time to time, and I suspect they are real. But some Hubbers get into arguments with them, prolonging a string of comments that provoke or applaud (upping the HubScore, if HubScore is looking at that activity). So thanks for the new lens...I think I have a few things figured out.
Cris, I've been reading your Hubs and following your comments for a long time, even though you and Sally have not really engaged in any kind of Hub relationship. With that said, thumbs up for this Hub's shedding important light about motivation, greed, and hoodwinking. I plan to become more engaged with your Hubs.
sally
Did I gift you with clarity? I think not. I think a push is what you need.
Anonnymous commenters have a reason why they go covert. The same reason why you have probably thought of taking the same route.
I think we are connected by at least one "fan" so you will never feel a stranger to me when and if we crash into one another.
Thanks for the comments. They are really appreciated :D
Clickity click click click if I read another comment my brain will click off. Maybe will finish reading comments when the train starts blowing 2:oo in the morn.
you sound so hmmm surreal! if not tired LOL :D
fun blog. Kept my attention :)
That's nice to hear. Thanks for dropping by :D
Chris the comments really make for some illuminating reading on this hub. I never thought of anonoymous comments as a hub tool!
Do you know if there's a Hub Rehab? I put together my Xi'An hub during my Grade 4 planning meeting. Yeah, I am a woman so I can multi-task. Yikes! I might have a teeny weeny addiction here. Now, imagine if I have more than one hub account?
sixty
yes, the comments sometimes are more telling than the actual hub. good to note that you are learning new things. enjoy commenting :D
cindy
You huwhat?! Really, you're now a certified huboholic and there's no going back! Welcome to the club! :D
Comments are interesting too, it seems a bit much if you don't time to read them all, does anybody here work?/got 3/4 through
Criss very good writer. Your writing style and content keeping me interested in what you have to say.
Look who's back? Reading the comments I suppose? I also enjoy the comments as they reveal more about the hubber than the author.
Hey thanks for the kind words. And I hope you keep on coming back. :D
Cris, I am going to sleep now and we will see you when I wake up. Goodnite.:)
If I could hub at work, maybe I would have the time to be more than just me, but right now, I don't even have time for that!
AE :D
AMB: yeah, i was thinking exactly that. thanks for dropping by :D
Ah, invited out tonight so no hubbing...
but you can always so no. prioprities, my dear, priorities! :D
Ok ok, I think almost all of you are professional hubbers and know each other already. I am a newbie and I can relate to GT... (mmm....) it saddens me too because I'm just beginning to count my 4 fans and ecstatic to see that after a few minutes from posting my hub, I got 4. Now are those 4 only 1 or 2? You're right not to take it personally because it's just a blog. Can a blog change the world? I think in some ways it can, if your replica will do something to make what you said in the other blog happen. Oh well, yes I want to earn money, who doesn't? I need to learn how to do that too. Yes I also thought of creating multiple accounts, but do I really have the time to create multiple blogs? or do I have the brains and the guts to consistently be not me? Use bad English? My English and the simplicity of my language is all that I am, I wish I could be more but not less.
I think this hub is so dang good! You're very clever =) :D ;P - three smiles for you hahaha!
Would you be willing to mentor me? Teach teach teach me.
Hi! I am new here so this is a bit confusing Haha I joined your fanclub but are there other you's? Haha Wonderful blog...very funny.
Dreamsville & Lonely Hubber
Thanks for dropping. Glad you fiind this hmmm interesting.
Zeke
I'm not sure I know exactly what you mean. I have seen your hubs and... I mean what else do you need to know?
Hello, my 20th fan, do you really need me here?
hi Katy
of course, it is always nice to see you :D
WOW...... the mind games that go on, on here are unreal...
And the poem at the top, I had never heard of until yesterday when I went to my counsellor, and I was telling her about hub pages, what a coincidence........
Brenda
When you have become, um "tenured" you'll realize it's the easiest of games. trust me.
Thanks for dropping by :D
Gosh, you mean people aren't honest when they're on the internet? Gee, I'm so shocked. Great hub, Chris. The questions compound the mysteries....
dink96
if you've had it with the mystery and all that drama, i have the masterlist! ha! :D
Hmmm...should have known from the title that it was you Chris! :P
FP
What can I say, you know me well. So well by now :D
I found this too late. Iffen Ida knowed better I'da never made up all this stuff. Too late. Now I'm forever gonna be a hippo even when I lose all the weight. Coulda been a rock star! And is there really a masterlist? You are fun
yeah, there's this hub. I myself have forgotten about it. There is a masterlist - I could include you if you like! LOL Thanks for reading :D
I must try this out...have a new identity LOL Hmmm...
Michelle
It seems I missed your comment above. Anyway...
That's a delicious thought - specially if you go the opposite direction totally! You, a "bad girl"? Hmmm :D
Im pretty late to the party here, but isn't it funny how relevant this still is? ;) btw..Im too awsesome to have an alter ego, I want all the attention for me. ha...no really, I liked this hub alot and particulalry the title.
But the party's not over, until this hub's relevance as you put it is put to rest. Glad you liked the read. Thanks! :D
Love it! ...
glad you do! thanks for dropping a line :D
Just, lol.
This is from more than a year ago - and followers were called fans then! Haha :D
raiderfan 3 years ago
Hell Yeah!